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springer

From my childhood days, I have wanted to know what was beyond the horizon. After twenty-two and a half years in the US Navy and fifty-plus years traveling the globe since retiring I have managed to see many Lands, which I could have only dreamed about as a child. Meeting people along the way and trying to understand their culture has been an extra benefit. To this day I still have friends I made fifty + years ago in distant countries. Travel broadens one's mind and outlook on life. One must take the first step.

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London, England

The Tower Ravens

Six ravens are kept captive (but well-fed) at the Tower of London to prevent the fall of the Crown.

satxwdavis

Added by satxwdavis

Oxfordshire, England

Uffington White Horse

The granddaddy of English geoglyphs dates back to the late Bronze Age.

thelichens

Added by thelichens

London, England

Battersea Power Station

Pop culture has helped to keep this iconic British building from being destroyed.

EricGrundhauser

Added by EricGrundhauser

Wiltshire, England

Avebury

The largest stone circle in the world has ended up bringing up more questions than it has answered.

London, England

Speakers' Corner

London's last remaining public soapbox site has seen speeches from Karl Marx, Vladmir Lenin, and George Orwell.

lewblank

Added by lewblank

East Molesey, England

Hampton Court Maze

England's oldest surviving hedge maze has been confusing visitors for over 300 years.

Added by renakaba

Alnwick, England

Alnwick Castle

This iconic 1,000-year-old medieval castle is a favorite of the film industry, most notably as the location for Hogwarts in Harry Potter.

Meg

Highland, Scotland

Ben Nevis

The highest peak in the United Kingdom has a history of physics, specters, and a pilgrimage of strange objects.

thomasharper

Added by thomasharper

London, England

London Wall

Scattered throughout London are ancient remnants of the city's former bounding wall.

Mark Casey

Added by Mark Casey

Chester, England

Chester Rows

Mysteriously stacked storefront paths give this medieval British town an iconic style like none other.

Added by humanist

London, England

Cecil Court

A charming 17th-century alley is lined with secondhand bookstores and antiquarian shops.

Kerry Wolfe

Added by Kerry Wolfe

Whitby, England

Ruins of Whitby Abbey

The gloomy ruins that inspired Bram Stoker to bring Dracula to life.

Added by dlukenelson

Wiltshire, England

Stonehenge

Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world

Claymore

Added by Claymore

Ironbridge, England

The Iron Bridge

This bridge is the first to be made entirely from iron, but designed like it was still made of wood.

Added by Anthony

Argyll and Bute, Scotland

Iona Abbey

A small island abbey is the final resting place of many medieval Scottish monarchs, including the real Macbeth.

Added by rayodiorne

Northumberland, England

Winter's Gibbet

A lone pole once used to display a man's corpse now stands empty, but the memory remains.

drawingofsound

Added by drawingofsound

County Durham, England

Egglestone Abbey

A little-known ruin with a convoluted history and a fascinating latrine drainage system.

Dr Alan P Newman

Added by Dr Alan P Newman

Taquile Island

On this tiny spot of land in the middle of Lake Titicaca the only ones who do the knitting are the men.

Added by laurajok

The Uros People of Lake Titicaca

The Uros people live on floating reed islands in lake Titicaca.

Rodadero Slides

Did Inca children also slide down these smooth rocky slopes above Cusco?

Tony Dunnell

Added by Tony Dunnell

Sacsayhuamán

The stones of this Incan wall complex fit together so well you couldn't fit a piece of paper between some of them.

Added by vivianlefay

Aguas Calientes, Peru

Machu Picchu: The Lost City of The Inca

The intricate stonework of Machu Picchu serves as a testament to Incan engineers.

Added by LongNow

Pizarro's Tomb

Now containing the bones of the actual conquistador, instead of someone else.

Annetta Black

Added by Annetta Black

Paracas Candelabra

The mysterious "Candelabra of the Andes" could represent anything from a god's trident to a hallucinogenic plant.

Added by kondorqueen